A New Flame is the third album by British pop and soul group Simply Red, released in February 1989. It was a huge success worldwide, becoming the band's first UK number one album and certified 7× Platinum by the BPI for sales of 2,100,000 copies in the UK alone. The album was also certified Gold in the US by the RIAA.
Track listing Side one
Side two
2008 Collector’s Edition bonus tracks Disc one
Disc two (DVD) 'Let Me Take You Home'— Live at Manchester 1990
Personnel Simply Red Mick Hucknall – lead vocals and backing vocals Fritz McIntyre – keyboards, backing vocals Tim Kellett – keyboards, trumpet, live backing vocals Heitor TP – guitars Tony Bowers – bass Chris Joyce – drums Ian Kirkham – saxophones
Guest musicians Erik Hanson – synthesizer programming Larry Williams – synthesizer programming Lenny Castro – percussion Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals
Production Producer – Stewart Levine Engineered and mixed by Daren Klein Assistant engineers – Clark Germain and Karl Lever Recorded at AIR Studios (Montserrat, West Indies) Mixed at Ocean Way Recording (Los Angeles, California) Mastered by Bernie Grundman at Bernie Grundman Mastering (Hollywood, California) Design – Peter Barrett and Andrew Biscomb Cover photograph – Juergen Teller Inner sleeve photos – Shelia Rock and Juergen Teller
Charts
Weekly charts + Weekly chart performance for A New Flame Chart (1989) Peakposition European Albums (Music & Media) 1 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 9 Greek Albums (IFPI) 2 Icelandic Albums (Tónlist) 1 Irish Albums (IFPI) 1 Italian Albums (Musica e dischi) Select "Album" in the "Tipo" field, type "A new flame" in the "Titolo" field and press "cerca". 1 Japanese Albums (Oricon) 39 Spanish Albums (AFYVE) 9 US Billboard 200 22
Year-end charts + Year-end chart performance for A New Flame Chart (1989) Position Australian Albums (ARIA) 10 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 2 Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) 43 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) 15 European Albums (Music & Media) 5 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 2 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) 4 Norwegian Summer Period Albums (VG-lista) 9 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 1 UK Albums (Gallup) 2 US Billboard 200 44
Certifications and sales
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